Black Tail Bumble Bee

Bombus melanopygus Nylander 1848

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Bombus melanopygus (Black Tail Bumble Bee) is a species of Hymenoptera in the family Apidae. They visit flowers of boneset, pride of Madeira, bladderpod spiderflower, and cultivated radish.

EOL has data for 18 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Arbutus andrachnoides Link
elevation
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimElevation
- Definition: The original description of the elevation (altitude, usually above sea level) of the Location.
- Comment: Example: "100-200 m". For discussion see http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/Location
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450 m
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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arctic
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25322
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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terrestrial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446
- Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Epilobium subdentatum (Meyen) Lievens & Hoch (tufted evening primrose)
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Stable
type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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(INHS) - Illinois Natural History Survey
visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Geum macrophyllum Willd. (Bigleaf Avens)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Rhus ovata S. Wats. (sugar sumac)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Black Tail Bumble Bee. View this species on GBIF

Carol McDougall cc-by-nc-4.0